Butler Foundation Spring 2022 issue by Butler Foundation

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foundation Board of Directors John Blickenstaff • Aletra Chaney-Profit Carolyn Connell • Tom Estep Evan Funk • Alan Jaax • Janice Jones Ryan Murry • Betsy Redler Jay Stehley • Rod Young

Ex Officio Dr. Kim Krull, President Forrest Rhodes, Trustee Liaison

Table of Contents

Message from Tom Borrego & Dr. Kim Krull

Your Savings, Your Legacy

Master Teacher—Mike Swan

2022 Commencement

Hubbard Award of Excellence

Transfer Scholarship Winners

Foundation Staff Thomas E. Borrego, J.D. Vice President of Advancement 316.323.6729 | tborrego@butlercc.edu Jennifer Green-Miracle Director of Community Advancement & Corporate Relations 316.323.6338 | jgreenmiracl@butlercc.edu Averie Nelson Director of Development & Scholarships 316.323.6737 | anelson5@butlercc.edu Hayley Hobbs Director of Donor Relations 316.323.6734 | hhobbs@butlercc.edu Angie Friesen Accounting Officer 316.323.6733 | afriesen4@butlercc.edu Trisha Walls Marketing Specialist 316.323.6355 | twalls@butlercc.edu Gina Jacoby Executive Assistant 316.323.6731 | gjacoby@butlercc.edu

Feature Writers

End-of-Year Celebrations

Mike Clifton Retires

25th Butler Benefit Auction

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Hayley Hobbs • Trisha Walls The Butler Community College Foundation Magazine is published twice a year and maintains the copyright of the materials contained within these pages. All rights reserved. Please send comments and updates to Butler Community College Foundation, 901 S. Haverhill Road, El Dorado, KS 67042, 2 | BUTLER COLLEGE by FOUNDATION by email toCOMMUNITY foundation@butlercc.edu, phone at 316.323.6734, or by fax to 316.323.6750.

Exciting Times for Butler's Culinary Arts Program Donations Support Diesel and Construction Tech Programs Author Speaks at Butler During Black History Month Annual Sponsors

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hile not the normal season of Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for at Butler.

Our 25th annual Butler Benefit Auction raised more than $270,000 this year and we were able to have the event in-person. It was so nice to be able to visit face to face again and see friends we have not seen for a while.

The generosity of our friends, alumni, and businesses was astounding! Construction on the Redler Institute of Culinary Arts is moving along nicely with a planned opening late this summer. The Institute would not be possible without the generosity of our many donors, especially Scott & Betsy Redler and Paul Jackson. Commencement is always a time of celebration for not only our students, but our faculty and staff as well, as we join them in acknowledging their success. Students come to Butler from all walks of life. Many students struggle to balance school, work, family, and other responsibilities. Your gifts ease their burdens and help them stay in college, focus on academics, work fewer hours, afford more classes, reach their destinations, and achieve their goals. As you read this issue, remember how much we appreciate YOU, for all you do for our students. You are investing in our students, and affirming the mission of Butler Community College to help develop responsible, lifelong learners that will contribute to the vitality of our community.

Warm regards,

Thomas E. Borrego, J.D. Vice President of Advancement Butler Foundation

Kim Krull, Ph.D. President Butler Community College

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Butler Community College Foundation 901 S Haverhill Road El Dorado, KS 67042 316-323-6729 TBorrego@butlercc.edu butlercc.edu

YOUR SAVINGS, YOUR LEGACY. Benefits of Making an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift to Support Our Cause

Avoid taxes on transfers of up to $100,000 from your IRA to support our cause.

May satisfy some or all of your required minimum distribution for the year.

Make a gift that is not subject to the deduction limits on charitable gifts.

Use your rollover to make payments on an existing pledge to us.

There is a way to take your required minimum distribution, skip the tax and make a meaningful gift to support our cause this year - the IRA Charitable Rollover.

Create Your Legacy With An IRA Charitable Rollover Gift

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Please call or visit our website to learn about how you can create your legacy by making an IRA charitable rollover gift this year.

Instruct your retirement account custodian to send any amount (up to $100,000) to us this year. Because our charity is tax exempt there is no tax paid on the transfer. All or a part of your required minimum distribution may be met and the money goes straight to work toward our cause.

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Reduce your taxable income, even if you do not itemize deductions.

This information is not intended as tax, legal or financial advice. Gift results may vary. Consult your personal financial advisor for information specific to your situation.

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IRA 70½ OR OLDER

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MASTER TEACHER

Mike Swan

Mike Swan is more comfortable talking about his students than himself. And there are many students to talk about. Swan has been teaching at Butler Community College for 23 years. Swan, a mass communications instructor, was named the 2022 Master Teacher Award recipient at Butler Community College’s Professional Development Day in January. Since 1973, the Butler Community College Education Association (BCCEA) has selected a faculty member who exemplifies the qualities of student engagement, scholarship, exemplary teaching ability, service to the college, and service to the association. Swan’s honor also includes recognition by the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) at their yearly conference. An Ames, Iowa, native, Swan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism and mass communications from Iowa State University. He serves as the advisor to The Grizzly magazine, a high-gloss, full-color student magazine. He has also served as Student Sports Media advisor since the program’s inception 17 years ago. Swan’s students have won numerous print and broadcast awards from both the KCM (Kansas Collegiate Media) and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters, going up against the larger four-year universities. The Grizzly was named All-Kansas by the KCM organization in 2016. Swan is a past president of KCM. BCCEA President Terry Sader points both to Swan’s successes in the classroom as well as his work with students on the award-winning The Grizzly magazine and in the Student Sports Media program as significant factors in his selection.

“I’ve watched over the years and worked with people who were honored as Master Teacher before,” says Swan. “This was a big surprise and was very appreciated. When I think of those other people who won, I’m honored. It was unexpected.” “I am retiring this year,” Swan adds. “I had planned on it and every once in a while, I’m walking around on campus and it hits me, this is the last time. I appreciate the way I’ve been treated here and how the students are treated. I think it’s a good place.”

“His favorite part of teaching is seeing his students take pride in producing information for an audience, not just pleasing a teacher,” says Sader.

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2022 Commencement A beautiful Friday evening greeted more than 500 Butler Community College degree candidates at Commencement. The ceremony, held at the BG Products Veterans Sport Complex, also featured the awarding of the $15,000 Hubbard Award of Excellence transfer scholarship to graduate Sophia Dawson. Congratulations, graduates!

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2022 HUBBARD AWARD

of Excellence Winner A Butler tradition since 1985, the prestigious Hubbard Award of Excellence is awarded to a student who is exemplary in academic excellence as well as in involvement on campus and in the community. The winner receives a $15,000 scholarship to the institution of their choice after graduating from Butler Community College.

“The Hubbard Award of Excellence personifies quality and superiority. We are eternally grateful to the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation and Mr. R.D. Hubbard in particular for investing in our most esteemed transfer scholarship,” Vice President of Advancement Tom Borrego said.

Sophia Dawson Sophia is from Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and will continue her education at the Emporia State University and major in business administration with a concentration in human resource management. Sophia served as the Student Government Association Vice President this past school year, which she says has unlocked a plethora of new skill sets and created a lifelong connection to Butler. She is an active member of the Phi Beta Lamda-Future Business Leaders of America, where she won two first place awards and one second place award in the March 2022 competition. Sophia also is part of the Butler Chamber singers, the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and serves as a Grizzly Ambassador. On top of all of her school involvement, Sophia works two jobs as a resident assistant in the dorms and in Butler’s human resources office. Sophia credits Butler with more than classroom learning, she believes her professional skills have developed while at Butler and she will use them throughout her career.

HUBBARD AWARD FINALISTS

Adelynn Hobbs

Jentry Squires

Jimena Trujillo

Transfer Institution: Friends University

Transfer Institution: Oklahoma State University

Transfer Institution: Wichita State University

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TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

Winners

Butler Community College Trustee Scholarship – Madison Wooderson Madison is a Circle High School graduate and a Benton native. Despite the intimidation factor of being part of Butler’s nationally ranked Livestock Judging team, Madison joined her freshman year with very little previous experience in judging. With the support of faculty and the rest of her team, Madison progressed to the point that she will be continue with livestock judging at Kansas State University this fall, where she will study agricultural communications and journalism. In addition to the Livestock Judging team, Madison was active in Phi Theta Kappa, the Collegiate Farm Bureau, and Ag Ambassadors, all while working at least 20 hours a week. She leaves Butler with two associate degrees–one in agriculture and one in mass communications.

Helen Teter Zebold Scholarship – Phuoc Loc Nguyen Phuoc studied pre-engineering at Butler and is attending Wichita State University to complete an electrical engineering degree. Phuoc, a native of Vietnam, was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and was on the President’s Honor Roll each semester.

Winnie Broers Estate Scholarship – Carter Sawyer Carter is graduating from Butler with an associate in culinary arts, but plans to attend Kansas State University to major in architectural engineering. Carter hopes to combine these two passions and design and build restaurants that allow for better function and form. Carter is an Eagle Scout and a seconddegree Black Belt.

Crossland Family Scholarship – Emma Dunn Emma will study accounting at Pittsburgh State University. During her time at Butler, Emma participated in theater and worked as a tutor ambassador. She participated in Delta Sigma Omega, Phi Theta Kappa, and was on the President’s Honor Roll each semester.

David and Shirley Longfellow BEST Scholarship – Laramie Walford

Fran Jabara Presidential Business Scholarship – Hayden Jansen Hayden is an Augusta High School graduate, who plans to attend Wichita State University to earn a degree in accounting. Hayden auditioned for and earned a spot in the Butler Headliners vocal group and worked as a Tec-E while at Butler. Hayden was active in Phi Theta Kappa, serving as the regional vice president for Kansas/Nebraska this year.

Laramie is an elementary education major. As a student in the Butler/Emporia Students to Teachers (BEST) program, she will complete her bachelor’s degree in education through Emporia State University. Laramie, a Hamilton High School graduate, served as the co-assistant officer manager for Butler’s Secretarial Center while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.

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END-OF-YEAR

Celebrations

EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY Butler Community College’s Early College Academy celebrated 86 graduates on May 7, as they presented them with their academic cords to be worn during Commencement. These students join hundreds of seniors who have earned their two-year college degree or one-year certificate and high school diploma simultaneously through the Early College Academy. Butler offers 11 different early college pathways from which students can choose: Business, Cyber Security, Engineering Studies, Game and Simulation Design, Liberal Arts, Culinary Arts, Agriculture, Health Sciences, Welding, Construction Technology, and Education. Pathways are taught in Andover, Augusta, El Dorado, Douglass, and Rose Hill. The Liberal Arts pathway is also offered online. This year's graduates saved on average $8,000 per year in college costs while garnering more than $2.3 million in scholarship offers from four-year universities.

NURSES PINNING CEREMONY Butler’s annual nurses pinning ceremony celebrated 60 students who entered the nursing ranks on May 12. Among the 60 nurses, nine students graduated with degrees from both Butler and the University of Kansas through a special nursing partnership. Receiving hands-on training at Butler and online instruction through the KU Nursing Program, these graduates earned their KU BSN and Butler ADN degrees.

ORDER OF GOLD AND ORDER OF PURPLE On Friday, May 13, just hours before the Butler Community College Commencement Ceremony, more than 200 students were recognized at the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony. The ceremony included the Order of the Gold, Order of the Purple, and several scholarship awards. The Order of the Gold is the highest academic recognition a student can receive from Butler Community College. Order of the Gold graduates have achieved a combined 4.0 grade point average which includes institutional and transfer hours throughout their academic careers. This year, 63 students were honored with Order of the Gold medallions. Order of the Purple graduates have achieved a combined grade point average of 3.75 or above, which includes institutional and transfer hours throughout their academic careers. This year, 143 students were honored with Order of the Purple medallions.

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MIKE CLIFTON

Retires

After nearly 30 years on the Butler Foundation Board of Directors, Mike Clifton is retiring. During those years, Mike has been involved with many projects at Butler, served as the Foundation Board president, and, for many years, as the Board treasurer. Clifton grew up in Augusta, attended Augusta High School, and went to Wichita State University for a degree in accounting. He was recruited by a “Big 8” accounting firm out of Kansas City and spent five years there before being hired away by a company in El Dorado. “Since Augusta was my hometown, it was easy to come back,” says Clifton. In 1987, Clifton opened his own accounting firm in Augusta. He and Wilma Howell, a past Butler Board of Trustees president, merged their businesses and worked together until Clifton bought her out and established Michael Clifton CPA. He sold the business in 2021. Clifton served as the Board president two times and became the treasurer after long-time volunteer Dennis Hanson retired. Clifton believes it was Dalton Patterson, who was on the Foundation Board, who recruited him to be a Board member, starting in the fall of 1993.

 Mike & Lucy Clifton

When he first started on the Board, it seemed like the purpose of the Foundation was to raise money for buildings. “I am always pleased to remember building the Welcome Center and the Stadium, but the thing I’m most proud of is building the endowment for scholarships, because ultimately, that is why we were there,” says Clifton. As a Board, Clifton says they understood the importance of scholarships for students due to financial concerns and it became more important to give scholarships. After identifying there was significant need, the Foundation created The Forever Butler campaign to raise $10 million for student scholarships. “I was really proud that we as a Board went that route, that we used our presence to gather people together and build our endowment,” says Clifton. At the end of the campaign, the Foundation had raised $10.2 million for scholarships.

“I was pleased to be asked, but I told them up front, I was never “I know how important those scholarships are to those who a fan of Butler growing up, as I went to Augusta High School,” receive them,” says Clifton. “My family endows a scholarship says Clifton. “At that time, I considered it a glorified high at Butler and each year at the Scholarship Dinner, we meet school and I wasn’t going there, that’s why I went to WSU all the recipients of our scholarship. We learn about them and four years.” After starting his own business and working in the how important the scholarship is to them.” community, he began to understand the value of Butler and has now come full circle. “I am a big fan of Butler and what Clifton believes strongly in the they do,” says Clifton. “It takes a year or two on the Board to understand what the college is about as far as helping students and what we are able to do. Once it clicked for me, I was so pleased to be a part of it. I hope to open people’s eyes to what I didn’t see as a high schooler,” says Clifton. Clifton says he continued on the Board for so long “because I really had a passion to the see the continuation of what they did for students. I was always pleased with the quality of people on the board and the Foundation staff had such a good attitude about what they were doing for students.”

mission of the Foundation Board. “As a business owner, I’ve seen the importance of what Butler provides to the workforce,” adds Clifton. “It is a great mission Butler has and I hope it continues for many, many years.” “My wife and I want to travel now that I am retired, and I didn’t want to miss Board meetings so I turned in my resignation letter,” says Clifton. “But, I haven’t broken that tie with Butler, I will be a Butler fan and supporter for many years to come.”

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25TH BUTLER

Benefit Auction More than 300 guests attended Butler Community College Foundation’s 25th Butler Benefit Auction on March 4th. The evening’s theme, “Time Flies,” honored the 25th anniversary of the event. Jeremy and Kelsey Sundgren served as honorary chairs for the event. Butler alumnus Austin Clift (’10) emceed the evening. The event raised a record-breaking $270,000 and featured live and silent auctions, sign ups for a buy-in party at President Kim Krull's home, and a Golden Ticket drawing. Top sponsors for the evening were: HollyFrontier/HF Sinclair, Bank of America, Simpson Construction, BG Products, Commerce Bank, Professional Engineering Consultants, Forvis, Foulston Attorneys at Law, Hutton, Vintage Bank, ICI, and Premier Food Service.

 Smorgaschords & Noteables barbershop quartets

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 Emcee Austin Clift

 Kelsey Sundgren, Dr. Kim Krull

 Lauren & Dan Davis, Kyle Good, Lance & Lisa Lechtenberg

 Jaime & Brady Sharp

 Alix & Tom Estep

 Carolyn Connolly, Elizabeth Knowles, Sally Logan

 Gene & Yolanda Camarena

 Kristie & Roger McClellan

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 Bill Pickert, Ted Dankert, Ray Connell

 Matt Fellows, Dan Giroux, Joe Hemmelgarn, Kerry Fellows

 Carolyn & Ray Connell

 Tom & Pam Feller, Ann & Will Carpenter

 Ryan & Kaleigh Murry

 Richard & Nancy Daw

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 Robert & Monica Zavala

 Carolyn Connell, Julie & Mark Utech

 Chris & Jessica Tarbell, Tara & Tanner Swift

 Debbie Lucas, Becky & Joe Sundgren

 Dr. Kim Krull, Chef Luis Peña, Tom Borrego

 John & Laura Williamson

 Megan West, Suzie Locke

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EXCITING TIMES FOR BUTLER'S CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM Progress is on schedule for the Redler Institute of Culinary Arts to be open for classes this August. The project, a collaborative effort with lead donors Scott and Betsy Redler, private donations, and the Butler Foundation, is the new home for the Culinary Arts program at Butler, providing students with a new facility complete with two kitchens, flexible classroom and learning space, and hands-on experience growing herbs. The Culinary Arts program is well-known in the area, making a name and winning awards since its inception in 2012. Now, in the Redler Institute, the program will be easily seen and recognized in Andover where it is being built.

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Enhancing the experience is the food truck was purchased by the Butler Foundation with gifts from Ben Arnold at Corporate Caterers and Betsy & Scott Redler, in addition to Boarddesignated funds from the Butler Foundation. The Grizzly Grub truck will not only be a roving billboard and ambassador for the college, it will also offer the chance for students to learn about the entrepreneurial nature of owning and using a food truck as a business. The name for the food truck was selected through a contest where students could submit ideas. Student Bradley Douglas won the contest, getting to meet the Redlers, and having his photo taken with the truck.

“Allowing the students to be part of every experience is what Butler strives for,” Director of College Relations and Marketing Kelly Snedden said. “We really wanted to make sure the contest spoke to the students and brought them into the fold of this blossoming project.” Hutton is the builder and architect of the building. A groundup build in eight months in an economy where supply chains are experiencing shortages was an aggressive, but necessary choice for the project.

“When opportunities for our students like this are available, we want to ensure we do everything possible to make it a reality,” Vice President of Advancement Tom Borrego said. “It is an honor to work with our donors and especially Scott and Betsy Redler and Paul Jackson to make this dream come true.”

 L to R: Ben Arnold, Corporate Caterers; Mel Whiteside, Dean of STEM and Career and Tech Ed; Bradley Douglas, student; Chef Luis Peña; Kim

Krull, president of Butler Community College; Betsy Redler; Scott Redler; Tom Borrego, Vice President of Advancement; and Rod Young, President of the Butler Foundation Board of Directors.

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Donations

SUPPORT DIESEL AND CONSTRUCTION TECH PROGRAMS

Butler’s new Diesel Technology program has been the recipient of several engine donations to support the program. Truck Center Companies, Murphy Tractor, and Rusty Eck have all donated engines so students can get real-life experience working with diesel engines.

Star Lumber & Supply and Southwestern Remodeling have donated materials to build sheds and cabinets as class projects in the Construction Tech department.

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AUTHOR SPEAKS AT BUTLER

During Black History Month In partnership with the Butler Foundation, the Black Student Association welcomed Mark McCormick for a Black History Month presentation on Feb. 21 on Butler Community College’s El Dorado campus. He discussed his book "Some Were Paupers, Some Were Kings" along with events in Black history.

Kansas School of Journalism, and he has been a Professor in Residence at the University of Oklahoma. In 2017, he published “Some Were Paupers, Some Were Kings: Dispatches from Kansas” based on his columns and the people he wrote about. In 2020, McCormick was appointed by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly for two commissions, the Kansas African American Affairs Commission and the Commission on Racial Equity and Justice. He is also a 2016 graduate of Butler’s Advance Kansas program.

Around 40 people attended the free event. McCormick’s appearance was made possible by the Harold Smith Cultural Series, a gift to Butler County by the estate of Harold Smith and the Butler Community College Foundation. According to Aletra Chaney-Profit, director of career services at Butler and advisor to the Black Student Association,

“The students were really engaged and asked lots of questions.” McCormick is a New York Times best-selling author with 20 years of journalism experience as a reporter, editor, and columnist. He serves as a trustee at the University of

HAROLD SMITH

Cultural Series SAVE THE DATE

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 AT 7 P.M. David Grann, author of “Killers of the Flower Moon” Hubbard Welcome Center, Clifford Stone Community Room Free to the public. Watch for more details! Additional support provided by Kansas Strong.

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